Karma

Tepat pada hari ulang tahunku, seorang sepupu yang sedang belajar balet terjatuh dan kakinya cedera. Ayah begitu marah dan langsung memukul kakiku dengan tongkat. Aku menjerit kesakitan, tetapi dia malah menyindir dengan nada kesal. "Sekarang kamu tahu bagaimana rasanya kesakitan? Waktu kamu dorong sepupumu sampai terjatuh dari tangga, kenapa kamu nggak mikir kalau dia juga akan kesakitan?" Dia memukulku lebih keras lagi, sampai aku tidak sanggup berteriak lagi. Untuk membuatku jera, dia melemparku yang sudah sekarat ini ke dalam ruang bawah tanah. "Yolanda, kalau kamu sudah bisa membuang pikiran jahatmu itu, baru aku akan mengeluarkanmu!" Namun, saat dia membuka ruang bawah tanah itu lagi, dia hanya menemukan tubuhku yang sudah hancur dan membusuk.

In the eighth year of our secret office marriage, Marvin lit up every LED screen in Ocean City, just to make his little assistant smile. Amidst the well-wishes from everyone, the assistant cheerfully handed out gifts to the entire office. I casually tossed my gift into the trash. The assistant immediately ran to Marvin's office, tears streaming down her face, to report me. Moments later, Marvin, furious, suspended me from my position. As I walked out of the company building, Marvin's voice echoed from the loudspeakers on the top floor. "Celebrating Wendy's successful completion of her work, the gift is ready!" Wendy—was the assistant's name. As I watched the crowd rush past me, I calmly cut all ties with Marvin. This hidden marriage had come to an end.

My boyfriend, Drew Myers, has proposed to me 99 times. Meanwhile, his childhood sweetheart, Tammy Fowler, has relapsed into depression 99 times. When Drew makes his 100th proposal, Tammy's depression strikes once more. As usual, he picks up Tammy's call, a gentle smile playing on his lips. With a tired sigh, he turns to me and says, "She's having another breakdown. We'll have to put the proposal on hold this time." Despite it being my birthday, Drew starts clearing away the freshly served dishes as if it were any other day. Fearing I might complain, he shoots me a cold, disapproving glance. "I know you're jealous of Tammy, but she's the one who's struggling. You're a soldier. You should be the bigger person and give her some leeway." Not only does Drew want me to eat Tammy's scraps, but he also orders me to bring them climbing gear at midnight. When Tammy shares intimate photos of them hugging online, his only reaction is to lash out at me. "Do you honestly find satisfaction in pushing Tammy to another breakdown? Is this the honor of a soldier? Your cruelty sickens me!" Over and over, he tears down my character and mocks my integrity. But this time, I simply look down at the special forces recruitment letter in my hand and say nothing. Drew remains oblivious. At last, I'm the one who's letting go.

Bara, pemuda berumur dua puluh tahun berkelana keluar pulau. Pemuda itu tak menyadari kekuatan dan kelebihan mata batinnya. Ia berniat mencari pengalaman hidup. Selama perjalanan yang dilaluinya, Bara mendapatkan pengalaman pahit dan manis. Tak diduga Bara bertemu gadis kembar bergaun putih dan merah yang menderita akibat kutukan sejak kecil. Dapatkah Bara membantu mereka terlepas dari kutukan itu. Semakin hari Bara menjadi pemuda yang tak terkalahkan tak ada yang berani mengusiknya. Godaan datang bertubi-tubi. Jalan mana yang akan ditempuh Bara kegelapan atau cahaya. Jangan lupa rate dan komentar kalian aku tunggu.

Im siebten Jahr unserer Liebe erbte Leo die Alpha-Position seines verstorbenen Bruders. Und auch die Witwe seines Bruders, die vorherige Luna, seine Schwägerin im weiteren Sinne, Jasmin. Nach jeder intimen Stunde mit seiner Schwägerin tröstete mich Leo zärtlich: „Mia, du bist meine einzige wahre Gefährtin. Sobald Jasmin schwanger ist und dem Silberklauen-Rudel einen Erben schenkt, werden wir unser Bindungsritual vollziehen.“ Er sagte, dies sei die einzige Bedingung seiner Familie gewesen, damit er das Silberklauen-Rudel übernehmen könne. In dem halben Jahr seit unserer Rückkehr zum Silberklauen-Rudel schlief er hundertmal mit Jasmin. Anfangs nur einmal im Monat, jetzt übernachtet er täglich bei ihr. Nach der hundertsten durchgewachten Nacht, in der ich auf ihn wartete, wurde Jasmin endlich schwanger. Gleichzeitig erreichte mich die Nachricht, dass er und Jasmin das Bindungsritual vollziehen würden. Als unser Sohn davon hörte, fragte er mich verwirrt: „Mama, haben sie nicht gesagt, dass Papa das Bindungsritual mit der Luna vollziehen wird, die er liebt? Warum holt er uns noch nicht nach Hause?“ „Weil die Luna, die er liebt, nicht Mama ist.“ Ich strich meinem Sohn über den Kopf. „Aber das macht nichts, Mama bringt dich zu unserem eigenen Zuhause.“ Was Leo nicht weiß: Als einzige Tochter des Alphakönigs des Nordens war mir die Position der Luna im Silberklauen-Rudel noch nie wichtig.

Di hari pertama dokter memvonis bahwa hidupku takkan lama lagi, aku malah bertemu dengan mantan suamiku, seorang konglomerat yang sudah 10 tahun tak kulihat. Dia sedang bersama dengan kekasih mudanya yang sedang hamil 3 bulan. Dia bertanya apakah aku menyesal karena meninggalkannya yang sakit parah dulu. Aku hanya meminta uang sebanyak 400 juta darinya. Dia pun memakiku tidak layak hidup di dunia ini. Namun, dia tidak tahu bahwa ketika dia menderita leukemia dulu, satu-satunya orang yang sumsum tulangnya cocok dengannya adalah aku.

Saat menyewa rumah, apa kalian pernah bertemu dengan pemilik rumah yang cantik? Aku dan pemilik rumah tinggal berseberangan. Awalnya, aku mengira dia adalah perempuan cantik yang sifatnya cukup dingin. Namun, suatu hari aku benar-benar melihatnya memutar pinggangnya saat menyapu tangga. Belakangan, kami menjadi akrab satu sama lain, bahkan dia dengan ramahnya mengundangku mengunjungi rumahnya. Hingga suatu hari, aku bersembunyi di lemari di rumahnya, menyaksikan dia dan suaminya saling bercengkerama dengan mata kepala sendiri.

My husband's first love was scalded by boiling water. To punish me, he forced me into a customized steamer half my height, turned the heat to its highest setting, and sealed me inside. "I'll make you feel the pain Jessica suffered a thousand times over!" Trapped in the suffocating space, my breath came in ragged gasps. Heat seared my skin, and my body felt as though it would melt. I sobbed, begging him for mercy. "Please! I'm going to die!" But he didn't look back. Holding his beloved in his arms, he walked away. He even locked the door after he left the room. "Don't worry, you won't die. This is the only way you'll understand Jessica's pain." Despair swallowed me whole. I screamed, my voice raw, but the boiling water beneath me splashed up, scalding my skin, stealing even the strength to cry. He left the country with Jessica that same night. A week passed before he finally remembered my existence. "That wretched woman must have learned her lesson by now. Let her out." What he didn't know was that the water had long since boiled away, the heat had faded, and inside the steamer, my corpse lay rotting—swarmed with maggots.

After my twin sister Harper died, my Alpha mate hated me for ten years. For a whole decade, I was his Luna, and I tried every possible way to be good to him. One day, he said, “If you really want to please me so much, then just die.” So when a truck was coming at me, I didn’t even move, but I had never expected that Noah would push me out of the way to save me. He was badly injured. Before he died, he looked at me and whispered, “Charlotte, if only I had never met you, everything would have been better.” At Noah’s funeral, all the elders and members of the pack came. “I should have let Noah choose Harper as his Luna. I regret forcing him to choose you back then. You killed him!” Noah’s mother was overcome with grief. Noah’s father also said, “You know? Noah saved your life three times! He was such a kind-hearted Alpha. Why didn’t you die instead?” Everyone at the funeral stared at me with blame. Finally, I was thrown out of the funeral, lost and devastated. Three years later, with the help of a witch, I returned to the past through her spell. This time, I have made a decision. No matter what, I will never be Noah’s Luna again.

At our wedding, my husband, Justin Garner, pushes me—three months pregnant—toward our enemies as an apology in order to save his foster sister, Clara Garner. "This is my sincerity. You can do whatever you want with her." I don't cry or make a scene. I quietly follow the enemies away. That's because in my previous life, I had traded all my wealth for freedom and returned to Justin's side. In the end, I was forced to drink drugs and lost my unborn baby, suffering for three days and nights. "Justin, those 'enemies' were people you hired to act, and Maxine didn't even lose her innocence. Why did you have to get rid of the baby?" Clara asks. Justin coldly laughs. "If you're acting, you have to make it look real." I died full of hatred. When I wake up again, I choose to let those people take me away. Three years later, when I arrive at a banquet on the arms of my new lover, Justin goes mad, grabbing me and demanding, "Maxine Preston, where is our child?"